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Legal war on Trump’s agenda gains firepower as federal lawyers defect to Democrats

2026-07-07T06:00:41-04:00 / Fox News

Court filings show ex-federal lawyers now working on cases challenging transgender healthcare and grant policies

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Published July 7, 2026 6:00am EDT

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Federal lawyers are leaving the Trump administration and landing in Democratic state attorneys general’s offices in large numbers as blue states ramp up their legal fight against the president’s second-term agenda, a Fox News Digital review found.

Employment data analyzed by the New York Times indicates that more than 10,000 federal attorneys — approximately one-fifth of all lawyers employed by the federal government — have left their posts since 2025 began. Of these, a Fox News Digital review identified well over 100 who have since begun working for Democratic attorneys general’s offices, with legal filings showing that some of those lawyers are now involved in cases challenging the Trump administration.

Fox News Digital reviewed public LinkedIn profiles, state staff directories, statements from public officials and court filings to identify attorneys who left federal service after January 2025 and later appeared in Democratic attorneys general’s offices or relevant litigation records. The review does not establish why any individual attorney left federal service or joined a state office.

The true number of federal attorneys who have moved to Democratic attorneys general offices under the second Trump administration is likely higher, given that public LinkedIn accounts are not ubiquitous among federal workers.

DEM AGS WARN FEDERAL WORKERS ABOUT TRUMP BUYOUT OFFER: ‘AIMED AT DISMANTLING OUR FEDERAL WORKFORCE’

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2025. Trump called it a “GIANT WIN” after the Supreme Court limited the power of lone federal judges to block executive actions.(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“Oregon DOJ is a destination for some of the most talented public servants in the country, including experienced lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice who are choosing to bring their skills to serve Oregonians at the state level,” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, told Fox News Digital. “They’re already making a difference — on consumer protection, federal overreach cases, criminal justice, environmental protection and on litigation like our National Guard case.”

As Rayfield alluded to, many of the attorneys who left federal service after January 2025 have since worked directly on cases aimed at combating the Trump administration. Court filings reviewed by Fox News Digital uncovered scores of individuals who previously worked as lawyers under the Trump administration whose names now appear on legal actions taken against it.

These include a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts opposing the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict transgender healthcare for minors, a suit filed by California challenging its termination of research grants, an amicus brief filed by Democratic attorneys general in a case seeking to stop Trump from firing FTC commissioners, and multiple cases seeking to rein in the president’s National Guard deployments, among others.

Even those whose names don’t directly appear on filings can help Democratic attorneys general challenge major pieces of Trump’s agenda and defend state-level policies contrary to the president’s interests.

Many of these lawsuits featured multiple teams of lawyers representing a host of different Democratic states. Democratic attorneys general have publicly disclosed that close cooperation between fellow blue states is a key part of their strategy to resist the Trump administration.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield speaks at a podium.(Eric Lee/Getty Images)

INSTEAD OF IMPEACHMENT, DEMS ARE USING ARTICLE II CHALLENGES TO IMPEDE TRUMP THIS TIME

Speaking to The Guardian in March, Democratic attorneys general disclosed that they have been meeting regularly since 2024 to discuss how they can best resist the Trump administration through joint lawsuits and public engagement. Staff from Democratic attorneys general’s offices reportedly communicate daily regarding how they can hold the federal government to account, discussing items such as which state should lead a given case.

“I’m really proud to be part of this attorney general — and, of course, Democratic attorney general — coalition that is doing the work every single day to protect our rights, and most importantly, the rule of law,” Massachusetts state Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said at a press conference in June 2025. “We can’t take our sight off of that.”

California’s attorney general, meanwhile, called the cross-state collaboration “critical.”

Federal lawyers working in the areas of civil rights, immigration, environmental law, public corruption and antitrust were overrepresented among those who left to work for Democratic attorneys general.

Government employees generally fall into two camps: career civil servants who are intended to carry out nonpartisan work on behalf of the government and political appointees who are granted greater leeway to work on explicitly political projects. The attorneys identified in Fox News Digital’s review overwhelmingly appear to have held career, rather than political, federal roles before joining Democratic-led state offices.

Many of the lawyers leaving federal service are taking one, or even two, decades of service with them, constituting a significant transfer of legal talent from the national government to Democratic states.

A banner of President Donald Trump hangs on the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19, 2026. The banner reads “Make America Safe Again.”(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

TOP COPS OUT: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FIRINGS AND FORCED EXITS THAT MADE HISTORY

One such lawyer worked in the Justice Department for roughly 20 years, beginning as a legal intern and ultimately rising to the position of assistant general counsel, leading multiple teams of attorneys. Now, after leaving the DOJ in August 2025, the lawyer works as a senior assistant attorney general in Colorado, helping the state fight the Trump administration in disputes over federal grants.

They were far from the only high-profile departure under the second Trump administration.

Others who jumped ship included, but were not limited to, the assistant chief counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services, the director of transparency at the Department of Homeland Security, multiple U.S. attorneys’ office division chiefs and another near-20-year veteran of the DOJ who now leads the Maryland attorney general’s efforts to hold the Trump administration accountable.

‘POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS’: REPUBLICAN AGS DEMAND END TO ‘LAWFARE’ PROSECUTIONS OF PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP’

A banner featuring an image of President Donald Trump is displayed on the facade of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2026.(Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images)

“Experienced federal prosecutors and lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice are choosing state service, choosing Oregon, and choosing to fight for the people here,” Rayfield added. “We’re fortunate to have them joining the already incredibly talented, proven team here at the Oregon Department of Justice.”

A spokeswoman for New Jersey’s attorney general, meanwhile, told Fox News Digital that it recently added multiple members to its leadership team, including its new insurance fraud head, by recruiting federal lawyers.

The timing marks a notable change from the first Trump administration, when some of the same attorneys who have since left then remained in federal service, though the reasons for individual departures vary and are not always publicly known.

DEM AGS SUE OVER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAYOFFS

President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro speak during a press conference about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to support local police in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2025.(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

“In the Trump era, the conservative movement has become much less able to attract competent elites. Education polarization is a long-term phenomenon, but Trump’s populist style and policy platform has supercharged it, given his disproportionate appeal to the less educated,” political commentator Richard Hanania told Fox News Digital. “This matters, because intelligence and experience are important for any administration trying to achieve its goals.”

“Simply having people who agree with you isn’t enough,” he added.

Bloomberg Law reported in May that the exodus of federal attorneys was seriously harming the Trump administration’s ability to defend its immigration policies, with roughly a third of those in the Office of Immigration Litigation — including many in senior roles with critical expertise — having left since January 2025.

DOJ OUTLINES 10 ‘WINS’ UNDER TRUMP, SAYS AGENCY RESTORED AFTER BIDEN ERA

President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Trump administration, however, denies that its efficiency has been rocked by the mass exit of lawyers.

“Even with a thousand fewer prosecutors than the previous administration, this Department has indicted nearly 50,000 more criminals than the previous administration had in the same timeframe,” a DOJ spokeswoman told Fox News Digital. “Our country has the lowest murder rate in 125 years, we’ve arrested more than 90 key cartel leaders, captured eight on the FBI’s Top 10 most wanted list, and removed millions of deadly doses of fentanyl from our streets — all on top of achieving a record 24 victories on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket.”

“These achievements are nothing short of astonishing, and they have all been accomplished even with the supposed ‘exodus’ of anti-Trump prosecutors the media idolize,” she added.

DUFFY JUST GOT AN ADDITIONAL JOB IN TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION — AND HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE WEARING MULTIPLE HATS

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8, 2025.(Alex Brandon/AP)

While more than 10,000 federal attorneys have left government since January 2025, agencies have also hired roughly 3,200 attorneys during that period and the Trump administration has made multiple public pushes to encourage or recruit ideologically aligned lawyers to apply for roles.

The bulk of the lawyers who have left federal service since Trump took office for a second time were at agencies such as the DOJ, the Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency. California, Maryland, New York and Colorado were some of their most common destinations after leaving the Trump administration.

“Those who were fired from the Department were fired for a reason. Those who resigned or took the fork in the road option likely aligned more with the priorities of President Biden and would naturally leave, which is common during transitions,” the DOJ spokeswoman continued. “The Administration gave career employees the fork in the road option to intentionally reduce the size of the government and eliminate unnecessary layers of staff who don’t effectively contribute to the mission of aggressively tackling crime.”

The White House referred Fox News Digital to a Truth Social post written by President Donald Trump where he claims that many of the lawyers who have departed from his administration were “Radical Left Deep State Lunatics, who are destroying our Country, and Weaponizing Government.”

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“This has allowed DOJ to run more efficiently and hire talented attorneys who wholeheartedly believe in our mission to keep the American people safe,” the spokeswoman said.

Fox News Digital reached out to every Democratic state attorney general’s office for comment.

罗厘疑闯红灯撞死七旬妇 车内搜出吸毒用具及漏税烟

2026年7月7日 19:45 / 新明日报

一辆罗厘疑似闯红灯，于大巴窑6巷一带撞死一名乘坐行动辅助工具的73岁妇女。 （新明日报）

一辆罗厘疑似闯红灯，撞上一名乘坐行动辅助工具的73岁妇女，导致后者重伤不治。警方事后在罗厘内起获吸毒用具，并搜出疑似漏税香烟的物品。

这起致命车祸发生于星期二（7月7日）上午约10时15分，地点在大巴窑6巷附近。

新加坡民防部队回复《联合早报》询问时说，接报后立即派员到场，将一名伤者送往陈笃生医院。遭撞的妇女送院时已无意识，随后伤重不治。

警方证实，一名34岁男性罗厘司机因涉嫌危险驾驶致人死亡及毒品相关罪行被捕。警方在罗厘内发现吸毒用具，并在男子身上查获疑似漏税烟物品。涉毒案件已转交中央肃毒局，涉税案件则交由新加坡关税局处理。

据《新明日报》早前报道，记者上午11时抵达现场时，肇事司机已被警方上铐，随后带上警车。

目击者林先生（63岁，护理院司机）受访称，事发时他停在最左边车道，交通灯已转红约10秒，涉事罗厘却直接从旁驶过。现场照片显示，妇女使用的行动辅助工具断成两截，民防人员到场后立即对妇女实施急救。

《联合早报》记者下午2点抵达现场时，破损的行动辅助工具已被移至路边，上面还留有妇女的鞋子、报纸和包包等私人物品，肇事白色罗厘则停在一旁。

一名不愿具名的公众透露，事发时他在附近组屋单位内听到巨响，出门发现妇女倒卧路上。因女儿此前在同一地点遇车祸受轻伤，他一度犹豫是否上前施救，至今仍对当时未能果断伸出援手感到懊悔。

目前调查仍在进行中。

游轮中心新码头启用 通关更快行李把关更严

2026年7月7日 19:53 / 联合早报

新加坡游轮中心的新码头（左，褐色外墙）与原来在港湾中心的码头（右）相距约70米。 （叶振忠摄）

新加坡游轮中心的新码头正式启用，通关更为便捷。不过，由于渡轮与游轮的乘客将经由同一入口及通道登船，中心出于安全考量，对手提行李尺寸的把关比以往更严格。

渡轮业者Batam Fast Ferry率先于星期二（7月7日）在新码头运作。记者当天走访时，受访乘客指出，通关速度比在旧码头更快。

其中，吴志阳（65岁）说，他每年会陪妻子到峇淡岛好几次，觉得新码头的登船流程比以往快了不少。

据观察，为协助乘客适应新场地，游轮中心安排了不少工作人员在场，包括指导如何使用新的自助行李托运机和自助登船亭等设施。

一名不愿具名的乘客透露，游轮中心对手提行李的检查比以往更加严格。她指出，以前在旧码头，携带“大一点”的手提行李通常都能过关，但如今有数人携带了与以往相同大小的行李箱，却被要求托运。

新加坡游轮中心运营副总裁王慕仪受访时澄清，中心对手提行李箱的规定并未收紧，只是过去在旧码头运营时，值班经理会在确认不影响安全的前提下，为方便乘客而做出通融。

“例如，有时我们知道乘客已经快迟到了，所以在不影响安全和渡轮运作的情况下，会让他们上船。”

王慕仪强调，以往也并非所有大小的行李都会放行，通常只是对稍大两三寸的行李予以通融。

根据规定，渡轮乘客只能携带尺寸为55公分×40公分×20公分、重量不超过10公斤的手提行李。

新码头全面正式启用后，乘客无论搭乘渡轮或游轮，都须经过同一通道，且通道内设有自动人行道及狭窄转角。王慕仪指出，为乘客安全着想，才决定更严格地执行对行李尺寸的规定。

据记者观察，星期二早上的两小时内，有至少三四名乘客因手提行李不符合要求，须根据指示托运行李。

王慕仪也指出，目前的托运行李及登船流程比以往快捷，因此乘客有更充裕的时间，不会因被要求托运行李而错过班次。但是，如果遇到特殊情况，值班经理依然有权做出合适的安排。

新加坡游轮中心的新码头与原来设在港湾中心的码头相距约70米，渡轮和游轮泊位的位置维持不变。

王慕仪说，新码头启用首日早上前两趟渡轮班次共有200多人，全天预计约有800名乘客。

根据游轮中心的安排，其余渡轮业者，包括Horizon Fast Ferry、Majestic Fast Ferry、Sindo Ferry和Indo Falcon Shipping & Travel，以及其他游轮业务，将从下星期三（7月15日）起在新码头开始营运。

新码头的渡轮服务将继续以往返印度尼西亚峇淡岛为主，平均每天提供73趟次，目的地包括峇淡中心港（Batam Centre）、峇淡港湾（Harbour Bay）、石库邦（Sekupang）、丹戎峇莱（Tanjung Balai）、峇淡黄金海岸（Gold Coast）及尼鲁普岛（Nirup Island）。

西欧多国面临第三波热浪袭击加剧野火风险

2026年7月7日 19:35 / 联合早报

受持续热浪引发山火影响，法国政府投入地面和空中力量参与灭火。图为一架消防飞机星期一在靠近西班牙边界的法国西南部城市佩皮尼昂洒水扑灭野火。 （路透社）

（巴黎综合电）西欧多国本周将引来今夏的第三波大规模热浪。这波极端高温不仅将加剧野火风险，也将对整个地区的电力系统带来更大压力，欧洲电价预计也会进一步上涨。

根据天气模型和各国气象机构预测，一个高压天气系统将给法国、英格兰南部和伊比利亚半岛带来热浪。

气候变化正在加剧这个升温最快的大陆上的极端高温期。创纪录的高温和干旱导致全球野火季成为有史以来最严峻的一次，气候科学家警告称，正在形成的厄尔尼诺现象可能会在今夏末带来更加严峻的情况。

法国西南部的部分地区星期一（7月6日）和星期二的白天气温预已飙升至40摄氏度。气象学家预计，法国本周和下周仍会是高温最严重的地区，平均气温可能较往年高出5至10摄氏度。

法国南部的野火失控，迫使西班牙边境附近的20多个城镇和村庄疏散了1万多人。当地官员周一说，强风将进一步助长火势。

欧盟已在全欧范围内部署了创纪录数量的消防员以及22架消防飞机，以协助灭火。

预计欧洲本周电价将上涨，因为炎热天气推高了降温用电需求，同时高温也可能导致电力供应吃紧。法国电力公司警告称，由于用于冷却机组的默兹河水位过低，公司可能不得不从星期五起限制舒兹核电站的发电量。

能源分析机构Kpler预测，在星期四和星期五晚间太阳能发电减弱、电力需求仍处于高峰期。德国电价预计将突破每兆瓦时200欧元（约295新元），法国电价也将超过每兆瓦时170欧元。相比之下，本星期一晚间高峰期的德法电价仅略高于每兆瓦时150欧元。

雪州校园持刀伤人案嫌犯患有自闭症

2026年7月7日 19:58 / 联合早报

警方将持刀伤人的15岁女嫌犯带到瓜拉冷岳县直落拿督镇推事庭申请延长扣留。 （马新社）

（瓜拉冷岳综合讯）马来西亚推事庭批准警方延长扣留雪兰莪州校园持刀伤人案的女嫌犯，以协助警方作进一步调查。嫌犯代表律师在庭上证实，这名15岁嫌犯是一名患有自闭症的身心障碍者。

据《星洲日报》报道，警方星期二（7月7日）上午将女嫌犯带到雪州瓜拉冷岳县直落拿督镇（Telok Datok）推事庭，推事批准警方延长扣留四天。法庭指嫌犯未成年，禁止媒体进入庭室采访，也不准透露嫌犯身份。嫌犯在约一个小时后被带走。

这起震惊马国社会的校园暴力事件发生在星期一（6日）上午。嫌犯携带利刃潜入校园，在食堂袭击另一名15岁女学生，导致对方身中多刀重伤。袭击者被接报赶抵现场的警员制服逮捕。

随着警方的调查逐步深入，这起案件背后的复杂内情也开始浮出水面。伤者父亲法鲁兹（43岁）告诉《每日新闻》，社交媒体正流传一份嫌犯的“目标名单”，他女儿的名字排在第10位。

他说，目前无法证实名单真伪，一切交由警方进一步调查。他也不知道名单上的人是否涉及霸凌，但他否认女儿涉及霸凌。

早前马国媒体报道称，嫌犯曾是该校学生，曾在学校里长期遭受欺凌，早前因某些原因被校方开除。

Trump arrives at NATO summit as Iran rift looms above alliance talks

July 7, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News

Ambassador Whitaker says Trump is ‘disappointed’ by Spain and others who denied overflight rights during the strikes

By Morgan Phillips Fox News

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker details President Donald Trump’s firm stance on Iran’s recent peace deal response, calling it ‘totally unacceptable.’ Whitaker highlights American strategic military presence and economic sanctions as key leverage points. He further explains the vision for ‘NATO 3.0,’ emphasizing the need for allies to boost defense spending and enhance war-fighting capabilities to avoid dependencies on the United States.

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President Donald Trump is arriving at the Turkey-held NATO summit with fresh frustration toward several European allies over their responses to the U.S.-led operations against Iran, opening a new front in his long-running campaign to pressure the alliance over burden-sharing.

The summit, which takes place Tuesday and Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, is expected to focus on defense spending, Ukraine and NATO’s long-term strategy toward Russia.

But it will bring Trump face to face with some of his biggest foes in NATO, including Spain, whose Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called the U.S. war in Iran “illegal, absurd and cruel.”

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Wednesday that Trump remains “disappointed” by allies that declined to allow U.S. forces to use military bases or overflight rights during the operation, as well as by political statements criticizing the strikes.

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025, in Washington.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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“The president has expressed disappointment in both a couple of our allies’ unwillingness to support us using our bases in their countries,” Whitaker said. “And, as importantly, he’s also incredibly disappointed in the political statements that came out around the time of the launch of Epic Fury.”

The disagreements are expected to loom over a summit where Trump will once again press allies to increase defense spending, while also raising broader questions about whether NATO members are prepared to back the United States during conflicts beyond the alliance’s traditional focus on Europe.

Trump’s frustration has been evident publicly as well.

Ahead of the summit, he said he was attending largely because of his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while again criticizing some NATO allies over defense spending and questioning their commitment to the alliance.

“Except for the fact that it was being held in Turkey by President Erdogan, I don’t think I would have gone to it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on June 24.

During the same appearance, he renewed criticism of Spain and other NATO allies over their refusal to support U.S. operations against Iran, declaring, “There’s a problem with Spain.”

The summit, which takes place Tuesday and Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, is expected to focus on defense spending, Ukraine and NATO’s long-term strategy toward Russia.(Ben Stansall/Pool via Reuters)

Whitaker said the operation also highlighted disparities in military capabilities across the alliance, noting that while some NATO members possess “exquisite capabilities,” others lack the capacity to contribute meaningfully to a large-scale U.S.-led military operation.

The administration’s frustration stems from a series of decisions by European allies during Operation Epic Fury.

The United Kingdom initially declined to allow U.S. forces to launch strikes against Iran from British bases before later reversing course after Iranian attacks escalated. Spain denied the use of its territory and airspace for combat operations while Sánchez publicly criticized the U.S.-led campaign.

Italy also sought to distance itself from the operation, insisting U.S. flights from bases on Italian soil were limited to logistical support rather than combat missions, while Germany served as a key logistics hub but stopped short of publicly endorsing the military campaign.

European governments defended their positions by citing domestic legal constraints and concerns about being drawn into a wider Middle East conflict. Britain later allowed U.S. strikes after initially withholding approval, while Spain continued opposing the campaign, Italy restricted its support to noncombat operations and Germany limited its role to logistics.

EUROPE’S $116B FIGHTER JET ‘FAILURE’ RAISES FRESH DOUBTS ABOUT ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF WITHOUT US

Several allies later agreed to support maritime security operations aimed at restoring commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but administration officials say the initial reluctance to back the U.S. campaign continues to shape Trump’s view heading into the summit.

While the Middle East is not expected to dominate the formal agenda, it underscores broader questions Trump is bringing to Turkey about burden-sharing and whether NATO allies are prepared to back the United States beyond the alliance’s traditional focus on Europe.

The tensions over Iran build on years of Trump’s criticism of NATO, which he has repeatedly accused of relying too heavily on the U.S. During both his first and second terms, Trump has questioned whether Washington should continue defending allies that fail to meet spending commitments and has at times floated withdrawing from the alliance altogether.

President Donald Trump is expected to use the summit to press allies to meet NATO’s new benchmark of spending 5% of GDP on defense.(Handout / Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect)

“If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them,” Trump said March 6. “If the United States was in trouble, and we called them … you think they’re going to come and protect us? They’re supposed to. I’m not so sure.”

Trump is expected to use the summit to press allies to meet NATO’s new benchmark of spending 5% of GDP on defense.

“The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing,” he wrote on Truth Social Thursday.

Whitaker suggested the administration increasingly views burden-sharing as extending beyond defense budgets alone.

“We believe that those that are doing more should get benefits from doing more,” he said.

Whitaker confirmed the administration was considering countermeasures for allies that don’t meet defense spending goals. He added that countries contributing more could receive advantages ranging from priority in defense procurement to greater engagement with U.S. leaders.

While the summit is expected to focus publicly on defense spending, Ukraine and NATO’s long-term strategy toward Russia, analysts say the fallout from Operation Epic Fury is likely to shape private conversations between Trump and several European leaders.

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Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ian Brzezinski said during a press briefing the recent conflict has created “two scorecards on the table” for the summit — NATO’s traditional priorities of strengthening deterrence against Russia and Trump’s assessment of which allies proved most supportive of the United States during the Iran conflict.

“We have low expectations because of the issues not on the agenda, but that are driving the atmospherics,” Torey Taussig, director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, said.

Idaho mother who claimed her toddler twins died after being vaccinated now faces murder charges

July 7, 2026 / 6:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP

An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces murder charges connected to their deaths, authorities said.

A grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw, who is accused of suffocating her 18-month-old twins in May 2025, on two counts of first-degree murder on June 29, according to court records and a statement from the Payette Police Department.

While appearing last year on an internet show produced by Children’s Health Defense – an anti-vaccine group founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Shaw said her twins died after getting vaccinated. Kennedy has not been affiliated with the group since December 2024, when he formally resigned as chairman to join President Donald Trump’s administration.

Shaw, 23, was arrested by Boise police officers Tuesday and arraigned Thursday. She is being held on a $2 million bond and could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted or if she pleads guilty to first-degree murder. Her next court appearance is July 14.

Joe Filicetti, an attorney representing Shaw, wrote in a text message that she “denies anything and everything” and that the state “cannot prove” the criminal charges.

“We will defend her with wholeheartedness,” Filicetti added.

The Payette Police Department and the Payette County prosecutor’s office declined to comment Monday.

“Because this case is now pending before the court, the Payette Police Department will have no further comment regarding the facts of the case or the evidence. Future information will be presented through the judicial process,” Chief Gary A. Marshall said in a statement.

In this image taken from court video, Andrea Shaw attends a court hearing remotely via video, on July 2, 2026, in the Payette County District Court in Payette, Idaho. KIVI-TV via AP

CBS affiliate KBOI reported in May of 2025 that after the bodies of 18-month-old twins had been discovered, police said at the time, “Foul play is suspected, and the incident is being handled as a homicide at this time,” but did not identify any suspects.

During her May 2025 appearance on the Children’s Health Defense show, Shaw said she found her twins dead in their room days after they got vaccinated for the flu and other diseases.

“They had got their shots at the same time by two nurses at the same time,” Shaw said. “And they got sick.”

Medical experts point out that the childhood vaccines at issue – hepatitis A, influenza and DTaP – are safe and effective for kids and recommended by various medical groups.

Shaw is also a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit brought by Children’s Health Defense and others against the American Academy of Pediatrics. The lawsuit, which was filed in January in federal court in Washington, accuses the American Academy of Pediatrics of racketeering for its “central role in an enterprise that has defrauded American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule for several decades.” In the lawsuit, Shaw is described as a mother “whose children died following routine vaccinations administered according to AAP guidelines.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics has asked the court to dismiss the suit, asserting in an April court filing that it is the “latest missive in a campaign targeting” the academy and its “use of science-backed evidence in vaccine policy.”

In January, pediatricians and other experts became alarmed when U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine guidance, dropping several universal recommendations. Kennedy, who helped lead the anti-vaccine movement for years, said the changes better align the U.S. with peer nations “while strengthening transparency and informed consent.”

In March, a federal judge blocked the changes and said Kennedy likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee. But the judge’s order is not the final word; the blocks are temporary, pending either a trial or a decision for summary judgment.

各平台未验证用户年龄 澳洲青少年社媒禁令形同虚设

2026年7月7日 16:05 / 联合早报

澳洲研究发现，若用户声明自己未满16岁，所有社媒平台都会拒绝注册，但若用户声称自己已满16岁，平台并未要求他们提供年龄证明。 （路透社）

（悉尼路透电）澳大利亚研究发现，当地网络平台在落实用户年龄验证的第一道关卡便出现漏洞，使澳洲实施的全球首个青少年社交媒体禁令形同虚设。

澳洲社交媒体法去年12月生效，规定包括Instagram、Snapchat和YouTube等在内的社媒平台必须禁止16岁以下少年开设账户，并采取合理措施落实禁令。

不过，曾参与政府年龄验证测试的软件测试团队在禁令实施后，尝试在不同平台设立了50个测试账户，并全部填写年龄为16岁，但没有任何平台要求提供年龄证明。

负责测试的KJR公司总监哈蒙德说，这50个测试账户目前仍全部有效，一些测试账户收到针对青少年银行产品的广告，还有一个在X平台的账户甚至收到色情内容推荐。

研究发现，若用户声明自己未满16岁，所有平台都会拒绝注册。曾担任相关测试项目顾问的国际失踪与受剥削儿童中心澳洲分部首席执行官甘农指出：“如今我们看到，伪报年龄已经成为年轻人最常使用的规避方式。”

Snap和TikTok拒绝就有关研究结果置评，Google和X平台没有回应媒体的置评要求。

Meta发言人则指出，哈蒙德的测试似乎与监管机构的指导原则不符。根据官方指引，当平台发现用户行为显示他可能未成年，或账户遭举报时，才应升级至正式年龄验证程序。

发言人说，所有测试账户都声明自己的年龄已达到最低要求，而目前无法确定这些账户是否曾发布与年龄不符的内容，或表现出真正16岁以下用户会有的使用行为。

澳洲互联网监管机构eSafety专员办公室发言人回应时表明，仍然有信心社媒平台拥有足够技术和资源，能够阻止16岁以下澳洲儿童开设账户。

各平台未验证用户年龄 澳洲青少年社媒禁令形同虚设

2026年7月7日 16:05 / 联合早报

澳洲研究发现，若用户声明自己未满16岁，所有社媒平台都会拒绝注册，但若用户声称自己已满16岁，平台并未要求他们提供年龄证明。 （路透社）

（悉尼路透电）澳大利亚研究发现，当地网络平台在落实用户年龄验证的第一道关卡便出现漏洞，使澳洲实施的全球首个青少年社交媒体禁令形同虚设。

澳洲社交媒体法去年12月生效，规定包括Instagram、Snapchat和YouTube等在内的社媒平台必须禁止16岁以下少年开设账户，并采取合理措施落实禁令。

不过，曾参与政府年龄验证测试的软件测试团队在禁令实施后，尝试在不同平台设立了50个测试账户，并全部填写年龄为16岁，但没有任何平台要求提供年龄证明。

负责测试的KJR公司总监哈蒙德说，这50个测试账户目前仍全部有效，一些测试账户收到针对青少年银行产品的广告，还有一个在X平台的账户甚至收到色情内容推荐。

研究发现，若用户声明自己未满16岁，所有平台都会拒绝注册。曾担任相关测试项目顾问的国际失踪与受剥削儿童中心澳洲分部首席执行官甘农指出：“如今我们看到，伪报年龄已经成为年轻人最常使用的规避方式。”

Snap和TikTok拒绝就有关研究结果置评，Google和X平台没有回应媒体的置评要求。

Meta发言人则指出，哈蒙德的测试似乎与监管机构的指导原则不符。根据官方指引，当平台发现用户行为显示他可能未成年，或账户遭举报时，才应升级至正式年龄验证程序。

发言人说，所有测试账户都声明自己的年龄已达到最低要求，而目前无法确定这些账户是否曾发布与年龄不符的内容，或表现出真正16岁以下用户会有的使用行为。

澳洲互联网监管机构eSafety专员办公室发言人回应时表明，仍然有信心社媒平台拥有足够技术和资源，能够阻止16岁以下澳洲儿童开设账户。

Woman suspected in Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian magnate found dead in Kyiv

2026-07-07T07:48:00-0400 / CBS/AP

A Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman in the tiny principality of Monaco has been found shot dead in Ukraine’s capital, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said Tuesday.

Authorities detained an employee of Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR), who allegedly admitted to killing the woman together with another suspect identified as a former law enforcement officer, Ukraine’s National Security Service said in a statement shared online.

Interpol had named 39-year-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Berezovska as the suspect in the Monaco bombing that occurred exactly one week ago. The blast in the lobby of an apartment building was widely reported to have targeted Ukrainian magnate Vadym Yermolaiev and his family.

Yermolaiev and his wife were left seriously wounded while their teenage son sustained less serious injuries, according to French and Ukrainian media.

The International Criminal Police Organization on Friday listed Berezovska under a “Red Notice” on its website, saying she was wanted in Monaco on charges of attempted murder and criminal intent of placing an explosive device on a public road.

Interpol had named 39-year-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Berezovska as the suspect in the Monaco bombing. Interpol

In its statement Tuesday, Ukraine’s SBU security agency said Berezovska arrived in Ukraine on July 1, the day after the bombing, and that an investigation quickly established that she had communicated with her family and two men.

“The first is a former law enforcement officer, the second is a current employee of the HUR of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” the SBU said. “Having information that both men had repeatedly made transfers to Berezovskaya A.’s crypto and bank accounts, the investigation was working them out as persons possibly involved in the attempted murder in Monaco.”

The HUR employee admitted to killing Berezovskaya in collaboration with the other suspect, according to the SBU, but said he “had not informed his superiors about his contacts” with the woman and “had acted at his own discretion.”

The security agency added that during a search of the former law enforcement officer’s home, “a basement room resembling a torture chamber was discovered.”

Emergency services are seen near an apartment building where an explosion reportedly left Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev and his wife and child wounded, in Monaco, near the border with France, June 29, 2026. Valery HACHE/AFP/Getty

Monaco authorities have not confirmed the victims’ identities but French and Ukrainian media say the attack targeted Yermolaiev, 58, a wealthy businessman originally from Ukraine and now a Cypriot national, as well as his partner and their 13-year-old son.

Monaco’s deputy public prosecutor Morgan Raymon said last week that the bomb was detonated from a distance, using a remote control.

The attack shocked Monaco, one of the world’s smallest sovereign states known for its high concentration of wealthy residents. Monaco’s Prince Albert II described it as “an odious act” and said all public services were mobilized to ensure security.

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